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A. B. DAVIS <&* SOM, PURCELL VI LIE, VIRGINIA. 
Niphetos. (See page u.) 
Snowflake. (Tea.) White; a pure Tea; the freest- 
flowering white Kose we have seen. The flowers are 
not large, but are fine, both in bud and when in full 
bloom ; it is constantly in bloom. 
Solfaterre. (Climbing Noisette.) Of fine, clear 
sulphur-yellow; large, double, full and fragrant; an 
excellent Rose of luxuriant growth. 
Souvenir de Victor Hugo. (Tea.) A splendid 
Everblooming Rose, introduced from Prance; large, 
tulip-shaped flowers, delightfully scented; lovely 
citron-red, with beautiful amber and fawn shading. 
Plants from 4-inch pots, 15 cts. 
Suzanne Blanchet. (Tea.) Foliage large, erect 
in growth, with beautiful, very highly colored new 
shoots. The flowers are similar to the old Provence 
Rose in shape, and are delightfully fragrant; outer 
petals clear flesh-white, with deep flesh center; a 
Rose of decided merit. 
Sombreuil. (Tea.) This magnificent variety has 
immense, finely-formed flowers of beautiful white, 
tinged with delicate rose ; buds large and full, bloom 
ing in clusters. A grand and beautiful Rose when in 
full bloom. Plants from 4-inch pots, 15 cts. ; 2-year- 
olds, 40 cts. 
Souvenir d’un Ami. (Tea.) The color is a deep 
rosy flesh, beautifully shaded with rich carmine; 
edges and reverse of petals silver-rose, clear and 
bright; a Rose that will please the most exacting. 
Plants from 4-inch pots, 15 cts. 
Souvenir de la Malmaison. (Bourbon.) The 
blooms are extremely large, quartered and double to 
the center; rich creamy flesh, changing to lovely 
fawn, with rose center; exceedingly sweet. Plants 
from 4-inch pots, 15 cts. ; 2-year-olds, 40 cts. 
Souvenir de Mad. Pernet. (Tea.) Beautiful soft, 
silvery rose. 
Safrano. (Tea.) Bright apricot-yellow, blending 
into orange and fawn, sometimes tinted with rose. 
2-year-olds, 40 cts. 
Sunset. Similar to its parent, Perle des Jardins, 
except in color, which is a rich blending of saffron 
and orange. Really a superb Rose for outdoor cul- 
ture or for forcing. 15 cts. ; plants from 4-inch pots, 
20 cts. ; 2-year olds, 40 cts. 
Triumph, de Luxembourg. A brilliant salmon 
and rosy carmine, finely nerved and shaded ; one of 
the best old sorts. 
The Bride. (Tea.) The buds of this fine Rose are 
very large and of exquisite form; the petals are of 
fine texture and substance, and the full flower is very 
double, as a rule measuring from 3% to 4 inches in 
diameter; the color is beautiful creamy white. Plants 
from 4-inch pots, 15 cts. ; 2-year-olds, 40 cts. 
Viscountess Folkestone. (Hybrid Tea.) A grand 
acquisition; one of the largest and most durable of 
Roses, unsurpassed in freedom of bloom, and remark- 
able for its fine keeping qualities; the flower is deli- 
cately tinted, almost white, showing a faint, creamy 
pink on the reverse, of the petals. When partly open 
it is slightly cupped, the inner petals apparently 
quilled. When fully expanded it is an immense half 
sphere of the softest satiny texture. A perfect Rose ; 
being in all the particulars of shape, color, size, fra- 
grance and durability remarkable and attractive. 15 
cts. ; plants from 4-inch pots, 25 cts. ; 2-year-olds, 40c. 
Vallee de Chamounix. (Tea.) The coloring of 
this Rose is simply exquisite; the base and back of 
petals are a bright yellow, the center highly colored 
with glowing copper and rose. 
Viridiflora. (Bengal.) The flowers of this variety 
are pure green, quite double and attractive. It is a 
great curiosity. 
W. A. Richardson. (Climbing Noisette.) A new 
shade in Noisettes; orange-yellow; outer petals 
lighter, center coppery yellow; flowers of good size, 
full and of fine form. 
White Bon Silene. A sport of the well-known Bon 
Silene, but of an ivory-white color ; a good bloomer. 
A fine Rose-bed for $1! Try one. 
